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The long-in-the-works Borderlands movie packs an impressive all-star main cast which includes Jack Black and Kevin Hart, but the biggest surprise was Cate Blanchett as the lead. How did that happen? During an interview for Empire, the actress, who’s done a bit of everything (including The Lord of the Rings and Marvel) over the years,

We’ve known for years that threat actors might use generative AI to support their disinformation campaigns, but one man in particular is revealing just how dangerous that work can be. John Mark Dougan, a former US Marine and police officer, has reportedly spent the last eight years using fake news to sow public discord and

Image: Zion Grassl / Nintendo Life Last year in May, Nintendo’s Japanese support service revealed it would be ending repairs for the Wii U when its current parts inventory ran out. Now, in an update just over a year later on its website, it’s announced the service for this system (originally released in 2012) has

Something that Nintendo hasn’t really talked about much is AI, especially generative AI. However, that is no longer the case and the company behind the Switch has now spoken about it for the first time. You see, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke to investors in a Q&A, where he was asked about the matter.

Surgent Studios, the developer behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau, has announced it is laying off just over a dozen employees. This follows the release of its first game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, back in April, which launched to good reviews.  Surgent doesn’t explain why; it says it’s focusing on supporting those affected, continuing work on

Helldivers 2 might be getting a fresh hotfix containing more performance fixes this week, as Arrowhead sticks to its current focus of rectifying as many issues as possible before thinking about going hard with any big content additions. There’s been a bit of debate recently as to whether the studio shouls stick steadfastly to its

Composite of NOAA-20/VIIRS band I5 and NASA Blue Marble imagery, showing Hurricane Beryl over the eastern Caribbean Sea on July 2, 2024. Credit: TheAustinMan/EOSDIS Worldview/Wikimedia Commons Hurricane Beryl has straddled Category 4 and Category 5 storm status as it’s ripped through the Caribbean, shocking meteorologists. With the storm threading the sea this afternoon and racing

Image: EA Surgent Studios, the developer behind the recent Metroidvania Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, is reportedly facing layoffs after staff members were spotted posting messages on LinkedIn that indicate their time at the studio has come to an abrupt end (thanks, VGC). The first comes from Jordan Smee, a technical artist at Surgent, who posted,

When Nintendo normally releases an update for the Nintendo Switch‘s firmware, it results in a version number change and, at the very least, a handful of changes that had been made confirmed via patch notes. For these updates to finish, the console is required to reboot itself. However, this isn’t always the case for updates.

Capcom Next was a more succint affair this summer. It focused on providing updates for only three titles: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, and the iOS/Mac port of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Here’s a brief summary of each announcement, which includes the smallest of teases for the next Resident Evil title. 

Helldivers 2 has been in a bit of a quiet period lately, relatively speaking. With Arrowhead largely busy focusing on bug fixes and putting out stuff at a bit of a slower cadence, some players have been getting a bit tired of the same old thing, with an unfortunate milestone the game’s hit PC playerbase-wise

One of the pillars of good PC custodianship is ensuring all your gear isn’t running out of spec, which can cause slowdowns, crashes, and frustration. The chief culprit for something running too hot is the CPU, as it’s always active when you’re using your computer, and when stressed, the heat it generates can sometimes overload

Image: Nihon Falcom It seems another game localisation announcement may have been accidentally revealed ahead of Anime Expo 2024. This time it’s for the action role-playing game Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, which is already available on the Nintendo Switch in Japan. In a now-deleted post on social media, XSEED Games shared an image

Esteemed development studio Monolith Soft will soon be busy celebrating its 25th anniversary and Hirohide Sugiura, one of the founders of Monolith Soft, has reflected back on the company’s success and also looks forward to the future. The company has produced a number of respected RPGs on the Nintendo Switch and shows no sign of

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn has gone gold, meaning it should be all but ready for its release on July 18. Developer A44 (Ashen) has also released the game’s PC specs and 20-minutes of raw gameplay footage. The upcoming “Souls-lite” fantasy action game stars elite soldier Nor Vanek and her furry fox-like companion Enki on a

Do you remember March this year, a period of time that simultaneously feel like it took place both five minutes and and entire century ago? Dragon’s Dogma 2 came out during it, and it might be worth giving a go now of you haven’t thanks to to a big patch and free trial. If you

Finding deals on graphics cards can be exhausting because we’re always comparing pricing and benchmarks to ensure that the silicon you’re paying for is worth the money. Thankfully, there are a number of great prices out there right now on GPUs for every setup. Whether you’re looking for the latest 4K powerhouse with mega-cores and

Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s latest Direct broadcast lifted the lid on all sorts of upcoming releases including new entries in the Zelda and Mario & Luigi series, and if you’re wondering how you’re going to be able to purchase them all, you might want to make use of some game vouchers. In North America, Europe and

You may recall that, last month, Nintendo had nominated 4 people to join the company’s board of directors following a busy financial results meeting. They are Yusuke Beppu, Miyoko Demay, Eiko Osawa and Keiko Akashi. However, to actually join the board of directors for the company that made the Switch, the nominees had to be

Developer Don’t Nod Entertainment has delayed its upcoming two-part narrative-driven adventure game, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, to early 2025. As for why, the team wants to give its spiritual cousin, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, some space to shine later this year.  Lost Records was originally due out in late 2024, which is also

Developer Don’t Nod Entertainment has delayed its upcoming two-part narrative-driven adventure game, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, to early 2025. As for why, the team wants to give its spiritual cousin, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, some space to shine later this year.  Lost Records was originally due out in late 2024, which is also

“There’s before 2024, and after 2024”. That’s the main message from Brazil’s first ever Gamescom, Gamescom Latam. The traditionally German show teamed up with BIG – a storied, local festival in Brazil – to really show off what Brazil can do on the global stage. And at the opening night of the show, the organisers

AMD unveiled four new Zen 5 CPUs for the desktop at Computex this year, and they’re due to launch “in July.” One of the biggest changes to the lineup compared with the previous Zen 4 chips was the all-new Ryzen 9700X. This particular CPU now has a power-sipping TDP of just 65 watts compared with

Image: Thunderful Is there any genre SteamWorld is afraid to tackle? Starting life as an RTS in SteamWorld Tower Defense, Image & Form’s long-running anthology series has been to space, the Wild West and it’s even taken on the form of a fairy tale. And while Dig, the Metroidvania-style series, is arguably the most popular,

It has been a few years since Bandai Namco released a new Tales Of game. The last game was Tales of Arise, which was released in 2021. However, that game is not available on the Nintendo Switch. Nevertheless, next year will mark 30 years since the first game in the series, Tales of Phantasia, was

Capcom has revealed Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, a remaster of the Xbox 360 game that first launched in 2006. Though the once previously Xbox-exclusive game has since made its way to PlayStation and PC platforms, it remains unclear which platforms this remaster is coming to. And there’s no word on when to expect the remaster

Here, an odd looking new film from the director of Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks, has received its first trailer and it looks… static. A fairly common thing amongst most films, I’m sure you’ve probably noticed by now, is that they normally feature lots of different camera angles. Some might stay with one particular

Tesla made a number of odd design decisions in the Cybertruck, including the angular stainless steel body and rear-wheel steering. The vehicle also has one enormous wiper blade for the front windshield, and it’s not working very well. Tesla has just initiated the third and fourth Cybertruck recalls since the vehicle launched in late 2023.

Right, and it ties into what you were saying about messaging and making it clear. Music is kind of the universal language, isn’t it? Everybody understands rhythm — even if you don’t have rhythm, everybody can follow a beat, generally. We really lean into that consistent heartbeat that underpins everything across Tempopo through the different

The comparisons between Palworld and Pokemon were startling when the game first released on Xbox Series X|S and PC earlier this year. Many Pokemon fans on social media were certain that the company would be investigated and possibly sued for using similar designs and gameplay mechanics to the popular Pokemon franchise. However, in a recent